This was made up of black, white, and yellow circles, lines, and streaks that made him look frightful.
But Alice was not scared at all.

She and Omas were old friends.

Nearly a year before, he stopped at their cabin one stormy night and asked for something to eat.

Mrs.Ripley gave him plenty of coarse brown, well baked bread and cold meat, and allowed him to sleep on the floor until morning.
Benjamin was rather shy of the fierce looking Delaware, but Alice took to him at first.

She brought him a basin of water, and asked him to please wash his face.
The startled mother gently reproved her; but Omas did that which an Indian rarely does--smiled.